Category: baseball
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How to Prepare for Baseball or Softball
With the winter snow finally melting throughout the chilly parts of the United States, bats and gloves are coming out of closets. But jumping too quickly back into a sport can lead to all kinds of painful and debilitating injuries. So Sports Without Injury asked Oakland A’s Assistant Athletic Trainer Brian Schulman what advice he can offer weekend…
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Pitching Drills that Reduce Injury (Part II)
Lots of pitching drills can make the thrower faster and more accurate. Now researchers have shown that the right sort of exercises can also reduce arm injuries. For years, official baseball authorities have had one piece of advice for people concerned about injuring their arms through pitching: Don’t pitch so much.
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How to Avoid Arm Injuries in Baseball and Other Throwing Sports (Part I)
It’s no news to anyone watching the Major League Baseball playoffs that pitchers’ arms tire out pretty fast. But just how much harm pitchers and other throwers may be doing to themselves is just now becoming clear. Not only does throwing too much damage muscles, ligaments and tendons, it can actually prevent a pitcher’s bones…
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New Studies Show How to Prevent Hamstring Injuries
When U.S. national soccer team striker Jozy Altidore clutched his thigh and fell to the ground in the World Cup last month, physical therapist Holly Silvers thought once again of Russian hamstring exercises. No less than three other members of the team (Fabian Johnson, Matt Besler and Deandre Yedlin) reportedly suffered injuries to this muscle…
